Combination implement



Sept. 23, 1930. B. MARTIN 1,776,443

COMBINATION IMPLEMENT Filed Sept. 1 1929 INVENTOR l BRUNO MARTIN ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 23, 1930 r I 1 775 443 y FJUNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE application filed September 13, 1929. Serial No. 392,417.

' This invention is a combination instru flexible material, as wires 1, attached to a ment consisting of a wire brush andascrapstock 2, one end of which is made in the er,"a hammer head, bit or other desired tool form of a ferrule 3 in which an end of the whose shank comprises a handle for the brush material is fixed. The other end of brush, and a tubular sheath or sleeve slidable the stock is formed with a transverse slit 4 with respect to the brush and the tool shank. to receive the end of a bar shank 5 formed The objects of the invention are to prowith alongitudinal row of holes 6 spaced vide a wire brush with an adjustable sheath apart. The end of the shank is secured surrounding thebunch of -wires,'the sheath to the end of the stock by meansof a pin 1.0 being adjustable so as to permit a greater 7 passing through the stock and the shank.

I or less length of wire to beexposed and thus The outer end of the shank may carry a present to the work a stifferor more flexible hooked scraper 8, a hammer head 9, a bit brushing end as the nature of the work may 10, a flat scraper 11 or other form of tool require. commonly required to be used with a wire 15 Another object is to provide a means for brush. A tubular sheath 12 envelops the attaching the sheath to the tool shank at stock 2 and the brush 1 and is slidable any point along its length so that a longer lengthwise thereof. An end of the sheath or shorter length of the shank may be made is provided with a transverse bolt 14 which toproject beyond th'e'end of the sheath and may be passed through any one of the holes provide more or less flexibility to the tool 6 in the shank 5, thereby fastening the shank, especially when the tool is in the sheath at any desired place along the length form of a scraper. v of the brush and shank. In this manner any A further object is to provide a simple desired amount of the brush may be exposed combination brush and tool that can be manfrom the end of the sheath and various de- 25 ufactured at small expense and is usable for grees of flexibility may be imparted .to the various purposes, such as cleaning or smoothscraper by allowing more or less of the ing articles of wood or iron, or for scraping scraper shank to project beyond the sheath, them. e as indicated in Figs. 1 and 4.

With the foregoing and certain other ob- If the brush is to be used for brushing 30 jects in view, which will appear later in the away material at the bottom of a hole bored specification, the invention comprises the part way through a piece of metal the devices described and claimed and the equivsheath is adjusted to the position indicated alents thereof. by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 and a bit is in- In the drawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal serted in the brace to rotate the brush. If f 35 sectional view of a preferred embodiment of desired a side handle 15 may be clamped to v the invention. the sheath as shown in Fig. 5.

. Fig. 2 is a side view of one end of the de- By the means above described'I have provice employing the tool in the form of a duced a combination instrument that is simhammer head. ple and inexpensive in construction, dur- 49 Fig. 3 is a similar view, the end of the able and adapted to impart greater or less tool being in the form of a bit to be inserted rigidity to the exposed end of the brush or in a brace for rotating the brush. to the shank of the tool as required. V Fig. 4 isa part sectional view of a device Having thus described my invention, what in the form of a chisel or flat bladed scraper. I claim and desire to secure by, Letters Fat 45 Fig. 5 is a still further modified form ement is: ploying a side handle for a brush. In combination a brush comprising a As is clearly shown in the drawings the bunch of bristles fixed to a stock havinga instrument may be made in various forms slit in an end thereof, a bar shank removaccording to its intended use. ably received in said slit and formed with The brush consists of a quantity of some spaced holes, a tool on the end of said shank,

' and shank and slidable-lengthwise thereon, a

a tubular sheath enclosing said brush, stock bolt extending transversely through said sleeve near an end thereof and through any I one of the holes in theshank, whereby. vary- ,ing degrees of flexibility are permitted to the free end of the shank and various lengths of the brush are exposed-beyond the 1 end of the sheath. r

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